centaurs
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Mythical hybrid beasts such as mermaids, centaurs and chimeras testify to our enduring fascination with the plasticity of biological form: the idea that natural organisms can mutate or be reconfigured.
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023
We encounter it first in Homer’s “Iliad” and then again in Virgil’s “Aeneid,” where it appears at the doors of Hades alongside Gorgons, centaurs and Harpies.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
‘Fantasia’ Hippos and gators and centaurs, oh my!
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2022
The centaurs have powers like the ability to become handsome for eight seconds, shoot tiny versions of themselves from their hoofs and other silly magical spells that will delight young children.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2021
There were ruinously expensive candies called voulay drops, made by centaurs in the mountains of Antiok.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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